Brooder.



P. DANIELL.

BROODER.

APPLICATION FILED MAR. 4, 1915.

1 54,488 v Patented Sept.l 21, 1915.

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APPLICATION FILED MAR. 4. l9l5.

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= atto/Luogo PEARL DANlIELL, OF LAWTON, OKLAHOMA.

BROODER.

' To all whom t may concern: ,Y

Be it known that I, PEARL DANIELL, a citizen of the United States,residing at Law- QD, in the county of Comanche and State of Oklahoma,have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Broeders; and I dodeclare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of theinvention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which itappertains to make and use the same.

This invention relates toimprovernents in broeders and has for its'object to provide an efficient artificial substitute for the. motherhen for the 'brooding of 'young chicks in which a uniform heat centrallyapplied is radiated downward upon the backs of. the

chicks, keeping their bodies warmer .than f their feet 4and legs.

Another object is to provide a. brooding chamber which is free fromcorners wherein the 4chicks might be injured from crowd; ing, and which'is readily' accessible -for cleansing and which isl evenly heated andventilated and provided with conveniently accessible meansfor permittingthe chicks l topass in and out. v f

Another object is to provide improved means forguiding the hood which isadapte 80ed' to be raised and lowered for admitting moreor less air tothe broeder chamber and to permit access thereto for cleaning.

AnotherV object is to provide improved means for' covering lthe chicksin the form of a blanket hover having means for detachably mounting itwithin the brooding chamber.

With these and other objects in View, the invention consists of certainnovelfeatures of construction,and the combination and ar` rangement ofparts as ywill be hereinafte more fully described and claimed.

In the accompanying drawings; Figurel represents a sidev elevation ofthis. improved broeder with the hood in `lowered position Fig. 2representsfa similarview with lthe hood raised; Fig. 3 is a centralvertical section thereof with the hood shownv lowered; Fig. 4 is ahorizontal section taken on line 4 4 of Fig. 1; Fig. 5 is asimilar viewtaken on line 5 5 ,ofFig 1; and, Fig. 6 is a side elevationof aslightlydifferent form of the` invention. d f

In the embodiment illustrated a supporting baseplate 1 is shown circularin form and having an upright peripheral wall 2 rising therefrom andpreferably constructed Specification of Letters Patent. 'p'p'licationiled March 4,

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of wire mesh but which may beef any suur able material. This wall 2hasan opening 3 therein which is provided with a closure 4 hinged at itslower edge to the periphery of the plate l and which is designed whenopen to form a porch or runwayI leading from the plate 1 to the groundand when swung upward into closed positionforms a closure Y for theopening in said wall, said member 4 beingV provided with a` suitablelatch 5 for holding it in closed position. This base plate 1 ispreferably mountedon rollers or casters 6 to facilitate its removal fromplace to place, without'l necessitating any lifting thereof. l r

'An upright circular wall 7 rises from the upper face of the base platel at points spaced inwardly from the wall 2 and 'is F arrangedlconcentric therewith to form a brooder. chamber 8. This wall 7 has* anopening 9 therein disposed at a point opposite the opening 3 in the wall2 to permit the chicks to pass into and out of said brooder chamber intothe runw or eXex-` cising yard formed between sai walls 2" A lamp socket10 gis shown vdisposed centrally in the chamberand is ada'" ted toreceive alamp 11 'which is removaby supported in said socket, being hereshown provided with an annular flange 12 which is designed to rest onlthe upperjedgev of said socket when said lamp is 1n operative position.A hover blanket 13 is here shown inv circular form and of greaterdiameter than vthe4 diameter of the brooding chamber and c is providedat its edge with a ring 14 which is adapted to fit over and en age theupperI edge of the Wall 7 for holding said hover in engagement with saidwall, and the cen-- ter of said blanket is disposed in thisvsocket 10and is held therein by placing the lamp 11 thereover, said blanket beingpreferably apertured at its centerl to permit ythe lamp to passltherethrough and yet bindingl);` lse cure it inpconnection with thesocket. W hen so mounted the blanket or liever 13, being,` o'f greaterdiameter than the diameter ofthe brooding chamber, `Said blanket willdepend .105y

into said brooding chamber andA form "a, hover ylike a'mother hen forresting on the` backs of the chicks and thus assisting 'in i lieepingthem warm. As shown thishoieigf I is provided in its edgewith a recess15K` Which-T110 y is adapted'to be arranged cver'- the opening' i.

9 in the Wall so as to leave said opening inli- 9 always open to enablethe chicks to pass readily in and out of the brooding chamber. AIn`Figs. 1 to 5 four standards 16 are shown projecting upwardly from thebase `late 1 in the space between the Walls 2 and 7 and which arepreferably arranged equal distances apart and `which preferably convergetoward their upper ends and are here shown in the form of invertedU-shaped bails, the crossA bars of which intersect, and

the legs of which are engaged with the plate ,down into the brooder.

1. These standards are designed to form supporting guides for a hood 17to be described. A pulley 18 is mounted at the intei-section of thecross bars' of the standards and is adapted to receive a flexibleelement 19 which is connected with the top of the hood 1.7 connected atone end with the top of the hood for raising and lowering said hood whendesired.

The hood 17 is herein shown in the form of a cylinder having a coneshaped top 20 mounted onthe upper end thereof with its peripheral edgeoverhanging the upperedge ci the cylinder and forming an cave-like`projection 21 which is provided uil. plu-A rality of equally spacedapertures 22 which are positioned tol slidably engage the standards 16so that said hood when raised or lowered will be held againstplateralmovement and thus provide for its proper seating relative to the broederchamber. The cylindrical portion orbody of thishood 17 is of slightlygreater diameter than' the diameter of the wall 7 and is designed to fitloosely over said wall"when in lowered operative position. This hoodbody is provided at its lower edge with an opening 23 which is adaptedto register With the opening 9 in the wall 7 to provide for the ingressand egress of the chicks when' the hood is in lowered position. Aclosure 24- yis preferably provided for this opening 23 and may behinged either to the rupper edge thereof-or to one side as mayv bedesired.

4Disposed within the cone shaped top 20 of the hood is a similarlyshaped deflector 25 which depends from said top 2O and is spacedtherefrom. by means oiu suitablel brackets E26 said deilcctor beingsmaller than said top to provide ample space between it wand the innertace of the top tor the passage therearound of the products ofcombustion from the lamp and the impure .heated air which is designed topass out through a pipe 27 mounted in an opening formed near the,

apex of the hood top 20. This hood 1j7 is also provided with a pluralityof ape tures 2S to 'provi-le proper ventilatifm i? r the broodingchamber when said hood is in' lowered position.

The deflector 25 which .is disposed in the'` topof the hood is designedto deflect the heat from the lamp l1 downwardly onto the backs ol thechicks and thus conserve all the heat possible and prevent its escape tothe atmosphere without having first accom-y plished its purpose Bymounting this hood on the pulley 1S it may be readily raised and loweredto open the broeder chamber when necessary or desirable to permit freshair to pass therein or for cleaning )u1-poses and on sunny days thebroeder may e rolled out into the sun light and said hoodv raised highenough to permit; the sun to -shine y By arranging the walls 2 and 7 asuitable distance apart, a. runway or exercising yard is `provided forthe chicks and boththe broeder chamber and the yard are preferably linedwith heavy paper to prevent the brooder from bey coming soiled and toassist in keeping the feet of the chicks warm. By disposing the lampsocket centrally in the broeder chamber the chicks are prevented fromcrowd- `85, i

ing close together at the center of the chamber, which frequentlyresults in smothering of some of the chicks.

y In the form shown in Fig. G the hood 17 is mounted on` a singlebracket which is shown in the form of an vL-shaped standard i v29, theshort arm 30 of which projects over the brooder chamber at a pointspaced thereg aber-L, a considerable distance and on which. .0,5v

is mounted a pulley 18. `This standard is preferably revolubly mountedin the plate 1 to provide for its being swung around to position thehood out of alinemeut with the broeder" chamber to afford access theretofor .f

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over the wall 7 of the broeder chamber when lowered.

l claim as my invention:

l1. A broeder comprising a base plate, concentricV annular Walls risingfrom said 'plate and spaced apart iforining a broeder chamber andarunway, said walls having openings thereinwiorf the passage of thechicks, a lampsupp'ort mounted centrally within the broeder chamber, a`hover blanket connected 4with said lamp support and engaged with. theinner upright wall, said h over chamber.

. blanket depending into'said chamber, 4and 2a 1': r,vertically movablehood mounted over saidy 2. A- broeder `comprising a biaselplate,

concentric annular walls rising `'from-'said 'il' plate and spacedapar-t forming a broo'der i chamber" and a runway, said Walls having`openings therein for 4the passage of the.:

chicks, a lamp support mountedgcentrally within the broeder chamber, ahover blanket connected geared 'with said lamp support and ene "l u theinner upright ywallf` ysaid blanket depending into said chamber, aYertiealiy movable hood mounted over said hover chamber, a hood havinI icone shaped top with openings therein, and a. cone shaped del'iectordepent'iing from the top of said hood ana of smaiier diameter.

A broeder comprising a circular hase plate, annular upright wallsmounted on said base plate and spaced `laterally from each other, saidwalls having openings therein, a lamp socket disposed centrally on saidbase plate "-f'vithin the inner wall, a hover blanket engagea Aat y,itscenter with said lamp socket and provided at itsl outer edge withanannular member adapted to -Qngagfe the upper edge of said inner wall,said blanket being of greater diameter than the diameter of saidinn/er'nall, standards rising from said base plate outside of said 29inner wall and converging toward their up# per ends, a pulleyswpportedby the converging, ends of said standards, a hood slid-` ably engagedwith said standards, and a iexibleeleinent coniiected with said hood andpassing over said pulley.

4. A broeder comprising a base plate mounted on rollers, annularconcentric walls rising roinsaid base plate and spaced from each other,said inner wall having an opening therein, a standard rising from said3o base plate, a hood supported by and mounted for vertical movement onsaid? standard, a cone shaped deiector depending from the top of saidhood and heating Ine-ans mounted .Wit-hin said inner wall. 35 5. Abrooder comprising a base plate, an upright wall rising therefrom andhaving an opening therein, inverted U-shaped standards having the freeends of their legs secured to said base plate and their cross 40 barsintersecting each other at a point above said wall, a hood slidablymounted on said standards, and means for raising and lowering said hood.

In testimony whereof have hereunto set 45 my hand in presence of twosubscribing witnesses.

PEARL DANIELL.

Witnesses:

A. G. Snomns'r, J. D. DANniLL

